The Contracting Education Academy

Contracting Academy Logo
You are here: Home / Archives for ATDC

By

A bipartisan approach to cyber

As the threat of cyberattacks continues to grow, government officials are asking what can individuals and businesses do to protect themselves.

“We are starting this conversation of when it is time to go on the offensive as it relates to cybersecurity,” said Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga 14). “This creates a lot of policy, ethics and privacy questions.”

Graves and Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz. 9) heard some answers to those questions during a panel discussion they held at Georgia Tech Monday. The bipartisan event examined how public policy can help people and companies go on the offense to defeat and unmask cyber attackers.

In March, Graves put forth a discussion draft of a bill to allow the use of limited defensive measures to identify and stop attackers. While cyber policy discussions are taking place in Washington, Graves said they wanted to hear from others.

“Quite frankly we’re not satisfied with the direction of where policy has gone as it relates to cybersecurity,” he said.

Monday’s panel allowed for a robust discussion on cybersecurity from a policy perspective, an academic perspective and the private sector perspective.

In addition to Graves and Sinema, the other panelists were:

  • John Lens, a vice president for the Network and Security Business Unit at VMware.
  • Stephen Pair, co-founder and CEO of BitPay.
  • Peter Swire, the Huang Professor of Law and Ethics in the Scheller College of Business.
  • Candace Worley, chief technical strategist for McAfee.

Georgia Tech is a place “where government, industry and universities can come together to talk about some very, very challenging problems in the world,” said Stephen E. Cross, the Institute’s executive vice president for research.

The Institute has been developing cybersecurity solutions for more than 20 years. Tech houses nearly a dozen labs and centers dedicated to cybersecurity, and has more than 450 scientists, faculty and students involved with this research.

Georgia Tech is also home to the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), the state’s technology incubator. ATDC is currently incubating seven companies in the cybersecurity space and assisting 33 entrepreneurs and early-stage startups statewide with entrepreneurial education in cybersecurity.

Source: http://www.news.gatech.edu/2017/05/01/bipartisan-approach-cyber 

By

ATDC graduate wins $18.8 million Air Force contract to prevent, stop, and hunt adversaries

Endgame, a 2010 graduate of the Advanced Technology Development Center’s Signature program and leading endpoint security platform to close the protection gap against advanced attackers, announced it won an $18.8 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to safeguard networks for its elite Cyber Protection Teams.  

atdcATDC is Georgia Tech’s  incubator that provides coaching, connections, and a community to foster the development of technology startups in Georgia.

Endgame first deployed its platform to the Air Force in December 2015 to automate the hunt against global attackers. As part of the current agreement, the Air Force will receive Endgame’s endpoint detection and response (EDR) platform to prevent, detect, and hunt for advanced threats to protect critical infrastructure.

“The Air Force is the gold standard for cybersecurity innovation in the United States, and the extension of our partnership proves that the Endgame platform provides significant value for their security teams,” said Nate Fick, CEO of Endgame. “As attacks become more polymorphic, Endgame’s unique ability to anticipate never-before-seen adversary techniques will help the Air Force better prevent, detect, and hunt attackers before they cause damage or loss.”

Today’s attacks are growing increasingly sophisticated, and despite an estimated $75 billion per year spent on security, attackers dwell undetected in networks for an average of 146 days – exposing organizations to massive theft and business disruption. Unfortunately, most security teams are forced to wait for prior threat intelligence – known as indicators of compromise (IOCs) or signatures – to determine whether their systems are infected. This strategy has failed; waiting and searching for known threats leaves organizations vulnerable for too long and leaves them unable to protect themselves and their critical assets.

Endgame’s EDR platform detects attacks at their earliest stage without prior threat intelligence. Endgame developed its methodology by working with organizations running the largest cyber-operations in the world, including the U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence community.

Source: http://atdc.org/news-from-our-companies/endgame-wins-18-8-million-air-force-contract-prevent-stop-hunt-adversaries/

By

Enterprise Innovation Institute’s VP talks about ATDC … and rockets

Georgia Tech vice president Stephen Fleming was interviewed Jan. 24, 2015 by 11Alive “Atlanta Tech Edge” host Angel Maldonado.  

They talked about  about ATDC, Georgia Tech’s Technology Square, and rocketships (XCOR Aerospace).

You can see and hear the interview here: http://www.atlantatechedge.com/ATLANTATECHEDGE/article/325878/554/Stephen-Fleming-Ohand-rockets.

Stephen Fleming, Vice President, Enterprise Innovation Institute. Georgia Institute of Technology
Stephen Fleming, Vice President, Enterprise Innovation Institute. Georgia Institute of Technology
Contracting Academy Logo
75 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30308
info@ContractingAcademy.gatech.edu
Phone: 404-894-6109
Fax: 404-410-6885

RSS Twitter